Spiritual Quest and and Popular Culture: Reflexive Spirituality in the Text of Northern Exposure
Through an analysis of the text of Northern Exposure, this paper discusses its spiritual narrative and argues that it resonates with broader emerging patterns of spiritual questing in the United States. Drawing from key characters and spiritual themes from several episodes, we delineate four alterna...
| Published in: | Journal of religion and popular culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2007]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2007, Volume: 15, Issue: 1 |
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| Summary: | Through an analysis of the text of Northern Exposure, this paper discusses its spiritual narrative and argues that it resonates with broader emerging patterns of spiritual questing in the United States. Drawing from key characters and spiritual themes from several episodes, we delineate four alternative modes of "reflexive spirituality" and various ways individuals and spiritual communities reconcile spiritual meaning with the challenges of modernity." The analysis both reveals the role of popular culture in portraying and encoding religious meaning and patterns of religiosity and enhances the broader understanding of reflexive spirituality. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.15.1.004 |